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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
8
A Connecticut city citing penalties for missing personal tax payments notes that nonpayment can lead to arrest and forced labor. The court outlines procedures and fines, including daily work rates and potential jail time, with authorities required to collect back taxes and interest while enforcing the statute.
Daniel H Ward drives fine new Reo touring car. Visitors include Miles Randall and Eli Godfrey at Mr and Mrs William Loper in Easton. Misses Barske entertained at Whitefield. Funeral services for New York lawyer Inamis Sterling held at Congressional Church with Rev J Yeoman Williams and Rev Nathan J Williams officiating. Burial at Long Hill cemetery. Several local residents attend Fairfield County Grange field day. Letters circulate urging quicker service and lower fare for the tramway.
The Japanese press today reports Japan urged Mexico to delay the visit of General Felix Dias due to the Emperor’s absence. It suggests fears of an anti American demonstration and notes potential risks to the envoy and relations amid tensions in Tonle Aus.
Fairfield officials push to have Resistant States Attorney Galen A. Carter charge and swear out warrants to detain witnesses in the Southport murder case involving Christopher Reilly. Hearing delayed to plan arrest and secure witnesses, who would be held with daily 32 compensation while detained. Reilly known locally, with a past escape tale. The report also covers social notes from Fairfield including club elections, a beach cottage plan, visitors, and local incidents.
A Lincoln resident at 91 Sighth St reports recovery from kidney trouble starting with a lame back. He attributes the cure to Foley Kidney Pills and urges others to try them. The ad promotes the remedy with a thankful testimonial.
Westport reports a quiet summer with few arrests until Sunday when three residents Joseph Goodsell John Jones and Geo Norris were charged with intoxication and found guilty fined five dollars and costs. John ODenpell and Joseph McCarthy faced similar outcomes Monday after further incidents. A woman in State Street was knocked down after alighting a tramcar in unclear identity.
The town made progress on road ballast and oiling, with a call for a stone crusher and steam roller for faster completion. St James church resumed work after color issues with bricks. B T Judson of Bridgeport Trust leaves for Duluth for two weeks. Suffragists tour via wagon with suffrage slogans visited Stratford en route to Milford. Town topics note Selectman Welles and family vacationing in Atlantic City and Henry Welles’s boating mishap and swim mishap during an anchored trip.
Readers report visitors staying with Mrs. Marsh Beach in Maine and guests from Toronto and Fort Wright. Mentions include Harry Andrews in New Haven with parents, Theodore J. Nichols and Charite Nichola, a church meeting on Thursday in Washington, and the critical illness of the Sinclair infant.
Stratford residents celebrate as Eastburn and Co. of Mount Vernon awarded the contract to lay a new Amyetite composition road on North Main Street from the railroad viaduct to Paradise Green. Material is en route and work begins next week with state aid and a 5800 appropriation. The project aims for near finish before frost, improving Stratford Avenue as well.
Easton residents and guests gathered at Sunny Bank Cottage Fairfield for a week stay with Misses Lucy Santora Minnie Sherwood and Mrs Edwards. Town notables and families including the Sherwoods Osbornes Nichols and Wheelers linked through visits and social outings. The piece also notes a cattle show bantam prize for President Huerta and that many cities announce taxes while still borrowing money.
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